Reflections about body work and body experience in analytic body-oriented psychotherapy

Authors

  • Peter Geißler

Abstract

In opposition to other body-psychotherapies analytic body-oriented psychotherapy puts the transference-countertransference-dynamics in the center of the therapeutic process. On this basis the author attempts to present a systematical approach of body-oriented interventions. He tries to establish the theoretical background and the indications these interventions are based on, and outlines two main fields of body-integration within the therapeutic process: the body as a technical medium and body experience. This leads to potential applications in relation to different therapeutical settings. Results of latest baby research - first of all studies by Daniel Stern -could support a validation of body-oriented interventions in the future.

Keywords:
Bodywork, body experience, analytic body-oriented psychotherapy, body-self, touching.

Author Biography

Peter Geißler

Dr. med. Dr. phil. Peter Geißler, geb. 1953 in Wien, Studium von Medizin, Psychologie und Pädagogik, Praktischer Arzt und Psychotherapeut, Lehranalytiker der Deutschen und (Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Körperbezogene Psychotherapie - Bioenergetische Analyse (DÖK), Mitbegründer des Arbeitskreises für analytische körperbezogene Psychotherapie (AKP). Wissenschaftlicher Schwerpunkt: Integration von Psychoanalyse und Körperarbeit. Buchherausgeber von „Psychoanalyse und Bioenergetische Analyse. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Abgrenzung und Integration“ (Peter-Lang-Verlag) und Buchautor von „Neue Entwicklungen in der Bioenergetischen Analyse. Materialien zur analytischen körperbezogenen Psychotherapie“ (Peter-Lang-Verlag).

Korrespondenz: DDr. Peter Geißler, Psychotherapeut in freier Praxis, Kölblgasse 5/8, A-1030 Wien

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Published

1997-01-01

How to Cite

Geißler, P. (1997). Reflections about body work and body experience in analytic body-oriented psychotherapy. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 5(1), 8–20. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/623

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No. 1 (1997): Psychotherapie Forum 5/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Original Work

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